Top 10 Child Actresses of All Time

The Top Ten
1 Mary-Kate Olsen Mary-Kate Olsen is an American actress, fashion designer, producer, author, businesswoman, and equestrian. She is the twin sister of Ashley Olsen. She is well known for her roles in Full House, So Little Time, and New York Minute.

The Olsen Twins were legendary child stars

2 Ashley Olsen Ashley Fuller Olsen is an American fashion designer, businesswoman, author, and former actress and producer. She is the twin sister of Mary-Kate Olsen. She is known for appearing in Full House, So Little Time, and New York Minute.

She and her sister are an amazing duo

3 Dakota Fanning Hannah Dakota Fanning is an American actress and model. At age seven, her performance in the 2001 film I Am Sam earned her a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award at age eight in 2002, making her the youngest nominee in history.
4 Miley Cyrus Miley Ray Cyrus (born Destiny Hope Cyrus), known professionally as Miley Cyrus, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was born on November 23, 1992, in Franklin, Tennessee, to Tish Cyrus and Billy Ray Cyrus. Her voice type is Mezzo-Soprano and spans 4 octaves... read more

Back in Hannah Montana she was wholesome and kid friendly

5 Shirley Temple Shirley Temple Black (April 23, 1928 – February 10, 2014) was an American actress, singer, dancer, businesswoman, and diplomat who was Hollywood's number one box-office draw as a child actress from 1935 to 1938. As an adult, she was named United States ambassador to Ghana and to Czechoslovakia and ...read more.
6 Winona Ryder Winona Ryder is an American actress. One of the most profitable and iconic 1990s actresses, she made her film debut in the 1986 film Lucas.
7 Hilary Duff Hilary Erhard Duff is an American actress and singer. Duff began her acting career at a young age and quickly became labeled a teen idol as the starring titular character in the television series Lizzie McGuire She has also starred in Cheaper by the Dozen and A Cinderella Story

She was very creative in Lizzie McGuire

Totally love the way she acts her roles.

8 Lindsay Lohan Lindsay Dee Lohan is an American actress. In addition to acting, she is also a model, singer, songwriter, director, and producer. She has appeared in several notable films including The Parent Trap, Freaky Friday, and Mean Girls

Awesome Disney actress from The Parent Trap and Freaky Friday

9 Vanessa Hudgens Vanessa Anne Hudgens is an American actress and singer. Hudgens rose to prominence playing Gabriella Montez in the High School Musical series.

She was absolutely stunning in High School Musical

Sexy and talented!

10 Jamie Lynn Spears Jamie Lynn Spears is an American actress and singer/songwriter. The younger sister of recording artist Britney Spears, she is best known for her role as Zoey Brooks on the Nickelodeon teen sitcom Zoey 101, on which she starred from 2005 to 2008.

She shows her refined acting in Zoey 101

The Contenders
11 Chloë Grace Moretz Chloë Grace Moretz is an American actress and model. She began her acting career in 2004 at the age of seven, and her first award nomination came the following year for The Amityville Horror.
12 Ashley Tisdale Ashley Michelle Tisdale is an American actress, singer, and producer. During her childhood, she appeared in more than 100 TV advertisements and had roles in theatre and television shows. She is well known for playing the character Maddie Fitzpatrick in the Disney Channel show "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" and once in the spinoff "The Suite Life on Deck".

She was funny and cool in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody

13 Aly Michalka Alyson Renae "Aly" Michalka is an American actress and recording artist. She is well known for starring in Phil of the Future, Bandslam, Hellcats, Easy A, and Weepah Way for Now.

She was bubbly in Phil of the Future

14 Mary Elizabeth Winstead Mary Elizabeth Winstead (born November 28, 1984) is an American actress. Her first major role was that of Jessica Bennett on the NBC soap opera Passions (1999–2000). She came to wider attention for her roles in the horror series Wolf Lake (2001–2002), the horror films Final Destination 3 (2006)... read more

Her acting in Sky High was very skilled

15 Keira Knightley Keira Christina Knightley is an English actress. She began acting as a child on television and made her film debut in 1995.

She had a supporting role as Sabé in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Her career continued with roles in films such as Pirates of the Caribbean, Pride & Prejudice,... read more

Before Pirates she debuted in Princess of Thieves (super underrated)

16 Danielle Panabaker Danielle Nicole Panabaker is an American actress. She began acting as a teenager and first came to prominence for her roles in the Disney films Stuck in the Suburbs, Sky High and Read It and Weep, the latter alongside her younger sister Kay Panabaker, and in the HBO miniseries Empire Falls.

I loved her performance in Sky High

17 Brie Larson Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers, known professionally as Brie Larson, is an American actress and filmmaker.

She was tough and badass in Hoot

18 Hayden Panettiere Hayden Leslie Panettiere is an American actress, model, singer, and activist. She is known for her roles in Heroes, Ice Princess, I Love You, Beth Cooper, Remember the Titans, and Nashville.

I liked her in Ice Princess

19 Emma Watson Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson is a British actress, model, and activist. Born in Paris and brought up in Oxfordshire, Watson attended the Dragon School as a child and trained as an actress at the Oxford branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts... read more
20 Michelle Trachtenberg Michelle Christine Trachtenberg is an American actress. She is best known for playing the lead role of Harriet M. Welsch in Harriet the Spy, Nona F. Mecklenberg in The Adventures of Pete & Pete, Dawn Summers in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Georgina Sparks in Gossip Girl.

I like her performance in Ice Princess

21 Elle Fanning Mary Elle Fanning is an American actress. She is the younger sister of actress Dakota Fanning

She is mainly known for her starring roles in various films such as Phoebe in Wonderland, Somewhere, Super 8, and We Bought a Zoo She also starred as Aurora in 2014's Maleficent, and appeared in The... read more
22 Kirsten Dunst Kirsten Caroline Dunst is an American actress, singer, and model. She made her film debut in Woody Allen's short film, Oedipus Wrecks, for the anthology film New York Stories... read more

She was spunky in Catch that Kid

23 Mandy Moore Amanda Leigh "Mandy" Moore is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Moore first came to prominence with her 1999 debut single, Candy, which peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100... read more

I liked her in Princess Diaries and Walk to Remember

24 Amanda Bynes Amanda Laura Bynes is an American former actress. After appearing in commercials and in plays, Bynes rose to prominence as a child star in the late 1990s and early 2000s, first on the Nickelodeon series All That from 1996 to 2000, and then on her own show, The Amanda Show (1999-2002), becoming a teen idol and garnering a legacy as one of the most iconic Nickelodeon stars of all time . She later went on to star in successful movies such as Robots (2005), She's The Man (2006), Hairspray (2007), and Easy A (2010) . In televsion, she has guest starred on Blue's Clues (1998), Crashbox (2000),The Drew Carey Show (2001), The Nightmare Room (2001), and Family Guy (2008), and played one of the 2 lead ...read more.

It's the Amanda show!

25 Melissa Joan Hart Melissa Joan Hart is an American actress, director, producer, singer, fashion designer, and businesswoman. She is known for her roles in Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Melissa & Joey, and No Good Nick
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